Language: Nootka

Classification

This entry has been retired and is featured here only for bookkeeping purposes. Either
the entry has been replaced with one or more more accurate entries or it has been retired
because it was based on a misunderstanding to begin with.

The Ditidaht Band is recognized by the Canadian government as a Band of the
Nuu-chah- nulth Tribe, while the Pacheedaht are recognized as an independent
First Nation. The Ditidaht language is recognized as an individual language by
the First Peoples' Heritage, Language and Culture Council, which is a Crown
Corporation, and appointed by the government of Bristish Columbia to oversee
provincial funding for native language revitalization.

The name 'Ditidaht' is commonly used for the traditional language that is shared
by the present-day Ditidaht and Pacheedaht, though only the Ditidaht also use
the name as an ethnonym. The Ditidaht and Pacheedaht peoples have distinct
ethnic identities from each other, as well as distinct ethnolinguistic
identities from their most closely related neighbours, the Nuu-chah-nulth of
Vancouver Island, and the Makah of the Olympic Peninsula.